CSA Veterans Reunion ? 1898

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We would like to identify these men. Patsy Adams believe #16 is Ambrose Chapman

The date is uncertain, but an organization meeting was held in 1898 in Reynolds
for Camp Reynolds No 1096. The Butler Herald on Feb 1, 1898 listed 65 names
of veterans living in Taylor County in 1898 as the first membership.

This photo taken in Butler front of the Courthouse was published in The Taylor Tracer in the November 1997 issue along
with newspaper accounts of the membership and other newspaper articles about
the meetings.

Taylor Co 4 Main Regiments + 1 Butts Co Regiment

Each regiment links to: 1) History of Formation of Regiment 2)Battles they fought in 3)Muster Rolls 4)Resource books

Taylor Infantry 5th Regt Inf

OTHER STATE AND COUNTY REGIMENTS

Don't forget to look in other county and state regiments. My grandfather joined in
Columbus, GA, and these troops went across into Alabama and joined with Hilliard's. Hilliard's Legion and 59th and
60th

Other reading: Croom, Wendell D. The War History of co. "C" - 6th GA Regiment
Surrendered with Army of Tennessee.
Microfilm-Georgia Archives
6th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry -- History of the 6th and Account of Each Member, By Wendell
D. Croom. 171/46.

Photograph of FlagRegimental Flag from the 45th. This flag was not surrendered until Appomattox, where the regiment consisted of slightly more than 100 men.

The 45th Regiment's original 10 companies were:

Gresham Rifles (Bibb County)

Rutland Volunteers (Monroe County)

Dooly Volunteers

McCowan Guards (Monroe County)

Taylor Volunteers (Taylor County)

Gray Volunteers (Jones County)

Myrick Volunteers (Baldwin County)

Henderson-Rangers (Houston County)

Byars Volunteers (Butts County)

Ray Guards (Crawford County)

George W. Marshburn, Company C and Ens. Nathan W. Bodie, Company H, were color bearers for the 45th. (There were probably others)
Interested in more information on the Flags of the Confederacy? Visit Confederate Flag Histories and pictures for story of the development of the Confederate flag. If you thought there was just ONE Confederate flag, you'll learn of the development of this most famous one...and all the other others along the way!

Resource: Red Dirt and Isinglass Regimental History of this regiment available. More than just the history of the WAR, it gives vivid descriptions of every day life back in Georgia.

Flag Restoration Project

There are 52 flags from the War Between the States in the State Museum which will be part of the restoration project (estimated $500,000).
The flag of the 45th Regiment is one of these flags. Many of the flags are literally falling apart. When restored, the flags will be displayed on rotation, and stored in a climate control room. Estimated cost of entire project is $500,000. Georgia Secretary of State Lewis Massey has solicted the help of the public to fund this project.
39 of the known CSA flags are: GA Vol Inf Regiments: 3rd, 54th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 26th, 35th, 36th, 42nd, 44th, 45th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 60th, 64th.
Other units: 12th-GA Artillery Battlion; 3rd Reg GA Vol Cavalry; Cobb's Legion; Cobb's Legion Infanty; Fayette Rangers; Fort McAllister Garrison; GA Military Institute Marietta, GA; Piney Boys; Richmond Hussars; Sumter Flying Artillery; Washington Rifles; Worrill Grays; Zachry Rangers and Capture No 101.

Microfilm: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who
Served in Organizations From the State of Georgia. M266. Roll 165.

Taylor County State Guard Troops

STATE GUARDS - Cavalry Co H 12th (Robinson's) Regt Ga Cav

STATE GUARDS -Taylor Infantry Capt Rucker's Co, 5th Regt Inf

The STATE GUARD was one of Gov. Joe Brown's attempts to maintain a military
force under state control, and it was organized in the summer of 1863 for 6
months service in case of emergency (i.e., invasion of GA). It comprised
about 12 numbered regiments (8 inf, 4 cav); 2 "Legions"; 20 numbered battalions (inf, cav., mounted inf-battalions varied in size from 2-9 companies) , enlisted to serve in defense of
specified regions of the state. They were numbered in the same way as normal
Volunteer regiments, with the exception of the addition of (STATE GUARD) to
their title.

This distinguishes them from Volunteer regiments, as well as
Militia, Reserve, State Line, and Regular regiments, many of which bear the
same numerical designation. Thus there were about six regts. which bore the
title "1st Georgia," but they differed in the details!! For example, the 5th Georgia
Volunteer Infantry was distinctly a different outfit than the
5th Georgia (State Guard).

The State Guard units spent quite a bit of time in camps in late 1863, as
Federal troops under Rosecrans were pushing into Georgia in September, until
their disastrous defeat at Chickamauga. The northwest GA State Guard outfits
were called to duty in the army's rear as that was shaping up, but by the
time they got there in any strength, Rosecrans's army was hot-footing it back
to Chattanooga. From that point until they mustered out on or about 4
February 1864, the State Guard outfits helped garrison Savannah and other
places.

The term "Guards" had several uses. The two formal usages were the Georgia State Bridge Guard, raised to guard the W&A Railroad, about which Gov. Brown had a great controversy with the CS Gov't. The CS said the men were subject to conscription; Brown disagreed. Some of these men went to the PACS, but others became part of the Georgia State Line, (see below) likewise formed to guard the railroad. The Line was resisted by the PACS, but continued to serve until Georgia's capitulation.

The second formal usage was for State troops not subject to CS conscription raised for the defense of Georgia as the US began to threaten invasion (see State Line below) These men were typically too old or young to serve in the PACS, but some were also from otherwise exempted occupations. This unit was short lived and Brown dissolved it after the fall of Atlanta. This permutation of the Guards was very informal and records are spotty where they exist at all.

The State Guard dissolved in Feb. '64, and its men reverted to their normal
occupations. Their service was viewed as strictly emergency/volunteer, as
they were all exempt from conscription at the time the State Guard was
organized. As conscription laws changed during 1864, and individuals changed
occupations, etc., many became eligible for conscription during the Atlanta
Campaign (April-September), or during Sherman's March to the Sea.

In the
latter event, Georgians were called out "en masse," and many boys and old men
served in militia units from September until mid- November, when they were
sent home.

The emergency allowed little in the way of formal record-keeping,
unfortunately. Thus many who may have fought in
militia/Home Guard units, remain unrecognized for their services. The only
way to find out about such service, typically, is through family lore, county
histories, obituaries, etc. Some 5000 of these
militiamen fought in the trenches around Atlanta for a couple of months, then
saw extended field service against Sherman's March. In fact, they saw much
more service in this role than had the State Guard some months before.

"Joe Brown's Army--The Georgia State Line 1862-1865" by William Harris Bragg focuses on the two regiments of the
"Georgia State Line," which was a wholly separate force established to guard
Georgia's State railroads (although they wound up fighting with the Army of
Tennessee throughout the Atlanta Campaign). They had the nickname of "Joe Brown's Pets" (Governor of GA at the time) and were only two regiments---1st and 2nd.
Georgia State Line Pageby Ricky Ray. This will help you completely understand the differences between the State Line and other regiments.

History

Rosters

ROSTERS OF ELIGIBLE MEN

When the Georgia militia was
reorganized in late 1863/early 1864, enrolling officers in every county made
up fresh rosters of boys age 16 (but under 17--draft age), and men between 50
and 60. Eligible men were duly recorded (by name, age in yrs and months, whether they owned a rifle/shotgun; whether they owned a horse/tack. These are arranged by Georgia Military District (GMD) and can be found on Microfilm Series 245 reel - alphabetical by county) in the Georgia State Archives.

The "Joe Brown Census" (as it is called) is a great resource, but do not prove (a) whether that specific
company was ever activated as such, or (b) whether any individual listed
thereon reported for service, if the unit was indeed called up. That being
said, those 5000 militiamen mentioned above came from somewhere, and these
enrolled companies were doubtless the basic document used by local officials
to answer the call. NOTE: those eligible for conscription were NOT listed on
these muster rolls, so don't expect to see able-bodied men of military age on
the rolls.
itia was reorganized (late'63/early '64)

Reserve regiments were a different category than the State Guard.
The Reserve term designates a force that was raised under a specific call of
the governor for 6-months' troops for Aug. 63 to Feb 64. They were full-time soldiers
for the duration (from enlistment), but were limited by age (young or old)
and/or infirmity to performing limited tasks: prison camp guards, local
security forces, hunting deserters/draft dodgers, combatting cavalry raids,
supplementing CSA regiments in their home states, etc.

State Guard and Reserve Information Contributed by Major Dana ManghamAuthor of "2nd GA Battalion Sharpshooters"(Civil War Regiments:A Journal of the American Civil War;1998)
"Letters of Prvt Willoughby H. Mangham" (Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South. Appearing soon)

"Dismissed by General Order 82"
When an officer was dismissed from the service, it meant that he had been
stripped of his commission and forced to leave. The same thing happened to
one of my Mangham cousins, who was dismissed for excessive absences from his
command. He was a printer and editor in civilian life, so he was exempt from
the draft, but in the summer of 1864 Federal raiders overran his hometown and
confiscated his printing press. Not long after they left the area, he
volunteered as a private in a different regiment and served until his capture
two days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
To find out more about this subject:
1. Obtain a copy of General Order #82. (General orders were issued by a
headquarters at brigade, division, corps, army, or department level, since
units of this size were commanded by general officers.) General Orders #82
may be available at the National Archives; he should provide everything he
knows about the date, place, unit, and identify the higher level command
[e.g. brigade, division, corps, and army], if possible.
I've searched through
portions of the general and special orders on file at the Natl. Archives, and
some are filed neatly in order, whereas others are somewhat jumbled. It's
worth a try, if he's willing to pay. Additionally, the researcher may find
additional data on this case in the unit files, to include muster rolls, from
which his info was extracted. Often the muster rolls are filed with other
unit reports which may shed light on the matter.
2. See if his ancestor served in a different unit after his dismissal, like
mine did. The Georgia Dept. of Archives & History will do a good job of
finding this out for him, for a modest fee (about $15). Unless he was judged
to be medically unfit, or pursued a trade/profession that exempted him from
service, or was overage to begin with, or evaded conscription on purpose
after his dismissal, he would have been conscripted for further service. (Of
course, many individual records don't survive--I've got one cousin who served
for sure, as I own a copy of some correspondence between two of his brothers
that says "James is in the service", but I cannot find ANY military
documentation of his service! And believe me, I've tried!)
Major Dana Mangham

Flags played an important role in identifying companies as well as being a source of pride and morale. In the midst of the smoke and confusion of battle, the flag borne high above the men, was the one thing that conveyed who was the "enemy" and where they lay.

One of the reasons for creating a "distinctive" Confederate Flag was that early flags (with red and white stripes) were confusing to the men in battle. Therefore uniformity and contrast was very important!

Individual companies were often given unique flags created just for them by hometown ladies. However, because of the importance of being able to identify the enemy/friendly companies, the uniform Confederate Flag using the St. Andrew's cross pattern with stars was developed. These flags usually had the state and number of the Regiment in the center of the blue cross and also had battle names painted on them to indicate that the unit had participated in a particular engagement.

Quite literally "capturing the flag" held great significance and the color bearer was always in imminent danger. Often stories are told as how other men jumped to carry the standard when the color sergeant was hit.

After the War, in 1887 President Cleveland approved an order to return these Confederate flags to their home states. However, this was so opposed by the G.A.R. (Union veteran's groups)that it was not until 1905 (Theodore Roosevelt's administration) that these were identified and returned. Since that time many others have been found and donated to Southern Museums.

Georgia's surviving flags are in the State Capitol Collection. One of the 45th Georgia Regiments flags is in this collection...Taylor County Volunteers made up Company E.

Confederate Flag Development
Explains how flag developed and covers such details as arrangement of stars and how all but the center ones pointed toward the top.

About the time of Sherman's March, they had word that the Union Soldiers were on their way from Columbus, and quickly sent any Confederate soldiers who might be at home on furlough, any sons under 16, with a trusted male slave carrying their valuables to hide them in the swamps of the Flint River and Patsilaga Creek.

The Yankees destroyed the wagon factory and cannon/transport vehicle supply shop of the Confederate government on Oglethorpe road about 1/4 mile south of Reynolds. They returned to the town of Reynolds, but did little damage and raced on to catch up with Sherman's Army.

The Home Guard (men over military age and young boys) were active in protecting the county.

When General Sherman and his troops marched through Reynolds, GA, Grandpa (James Lee Philmon)remembered the very striking uniforms of the Union soldiers who came through his Daddy's land. He was too young at the time to be afraid of them. He did not really know there was a difference between the blue and the gray. He was hard at work with his brothers who were also young and were trying to keep things going on the farm while their Dad was away with "War Business". (Their father, James A. was 41 and too old for the War,but was a courier and carried messages behind the enemy lines. Co C, 8th Reg GA).

This one particular day, James Lee was swinging on the gate,waiting on the cows to come from one pasture to another, when several soldiers asked him where his Daddy was. Our grandpas says he looked the man eye to eye and said, "Well, Sir, my Daddy (James A. Philmon) is up north kicking the hell out of them Yankees". They laughed heartily at this little tow haired boy hanging on the fence. Afterwards, his brothers told him what danger he had put them in! And he never forgot the difference between the two colors of uniforms.

In April, 1865, the central military records of the Confederate Army were transferred to a Union officer, taken to Washington, and preserved. In 1903, the Secretary of War also copied from the Southern State those records still in their possession.

When you return the form, they will search certain records for that individual. If you use your credit card, they will proceed to copy and send to you the information they found. If they are unable to find any information you will be notified, and there is NO CHARGE. The cost for a successful search if $10 and depending on the amount of copying, some extra charges.

Scroll down to Confederate Pensions. These are mainly "transfers" but do give important family information.

Pensions on-line for Taylor County. If you have one to submit, please add to this.

Pension records are filed in the Georgia State Archives as they were originally created, beginning September 20, 1879 when the first law for providing for pensions of Georgia Confederate soldiers was passed. This authorized the state to pay for artificial limbs for Confederate Veterans. Later the law was expanded the disability benefits, (1886-loss of eyes and hearing); and (1894-age and poverty).

In
December 1890, Georgia made pensions available to widows of soldiers who
died during the war or after the war from wounds received in the war.
In December 1899, the state extended coverage to Confederate widows who
could not support themselves because of poverty, age, infirmity, or
blindness.

The Georgia pensions were available to eligible state residents
regardless of the state from which the soldier served, as long as the
service had been in the Confederate army or navy. Thus, if South
Carolina soldier and his family settled after the war in Georgia he
and/or his widow might have been eligible for a pension.

Other, but not all former, Confederate states paid pensions to
Confederate soldiers and their widows. Union soldiers and their widows
were paid pensions by the federal government. Southern states extended
pensions--which originally paid only to soldiers maimed in the war--in
part because the federal government refused to provide pensions for
former Confederate soldiers and their widows.
Contributed by:Christopher Stokes, Ph.D.,Staff Historian
Washington Memorial Library, Genealogical and Historical Room, Macon, Georgia 31201-1790

There are separate county files with pensioner's name listed alphabetically. One must know the county in Georgia in which the pensioner made the application; there is no general index.

Georgia Confederate soldier and widow pension applications (microfilm)In 1898 Georgia had its counties establish Soldier Roster Commissions for the purpose of making rolls of those who served in companies from the respective counties. These rolls were then used to establish veterans' and widows' pension qualifications. The Roster Commissions were comprised of veterans of the units, who were still resident in the county at the end of the century. These often give details of wounds, death, or even individual soldiers' participation in various battles.Microfilm available:

Check your County Courthouse as they may have a box of
CSA pension applications probably from the 1917-1920. They contain witness information to verify their service which will often be more than is even on their official military record.

There is a mistaken belief that you had to serve in the state unit
form the state you were applying, which was incorrect. The states that
gave pensions based them on service to the CSA not the individual
states. Even several "border" states granted pensions, Missouri being
one.

For this reason, there has been noted that some of these pension records might have been "adapted" for the widow's purposes.

Pension applications generally give the soldier's unit, date of enlistment and discharge,
any disabling wounds received, length of Georgia (or whatever state giving the pension) residence and place of residence at the
time of his application, his health at the time of application, and the value of personal
property.
Widows' pension applications include the husband's name, name of his unit, date of their
marriage, husband's death date, and her means of support. Some applications include a
copy of their marriage certificate.

Founder of the Local Chapter

Laura Devant (Mrs. James E.) was the daughter of William Posey Edwards and Shady McLendon Edwards, and was only 14 months old when her father enlisted in Co. F., 27th Georgia Infantry in Oct 1861. Laura started the chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1901 naming it after her father and Col William Sharp Wallace--Wallace-Edwards Chapter.

Laura served as an officer for twenty years, and during that time, the Confederate Monument was purchased and placed on the courthouse square in Butler. It was through her efforts that many soldier's graves were marked with headstones and every year a Confederate Memorial Day was held.

Museum of Confederacy, Richmond
A private, nonprofit institution that maintains the
world's largest and most comprehensive collection of military, political and domestic artifacts and art
associated with the period of the Confederacy, 1861-1865. The Museum complex consists of a modern
museum building and the restored historic White House of the Confederacy.

WORLD WAR I

Roster of WWI enlisted men from Taylor County was published in The Butler Herald, Aug 21, 1941
Contact: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com for look-up.

Georgia Men wounded or killed in World War I. Arranged by cause of death.

The State Archives has on microfilm many county copies of service records for World War I.
The National Archives-Southeast Branch has World War I draft registration records.
For Request form for photocopy of records, write to:
National Personnel Records Center (Military Records) NARA
9700 Page Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63132
Also at the archives in the county microfilm are Discharge
papers found in the county courthouses.

See Georgia Memorial Book by Bert E. Boss, Service records and photographs of Georgians who died in W.W.I (Publisher: Georgia Memorial Association, Macon, GA 1921)

WWI Draft Card

(Taken from the Butler Herald, Thursday, August 2, 1917)
Notice of Call to Appear For Physical Examination
The following is form No. 1, a copy of which properly filled out was
mailed yesterday to 158 registrants for the selective draft:
To _________________________________________________________
(Name)
___________________________________________________________
(Address on registration card)
You are hereby notified that pursuant to the act of Congress
approved May 18, 1917, you are called for military service of the United
States by this Local Board from among those persons whose registration
cards are within the jurisdiction of this board.
Your Serial Number is ______ ________, and your order Number
is ______ ______..
You will report at the office of this Local Board for physical
examination on the _______day of August, 1917, at 10 o'clock A.M.
Any claim for exemption or discharge must be made on forms which
may be procured at the office of this Local Board, and must be filed at the
office of this Local Board on or before the SEVENTH day after the date of
mailing this notice.
Your attention is called to penalties for violation or evasion of the
Selective Service Law approved May 18, 1917, and of the Rules and
Regulations made pursuant thereto, which penalties are printed on the back
hereof.
LOCAL BOARD TAYLOR COUNTY
By J. R. Beeland, Chairman
O. T. Monfort, Clerk
Date of mailing notice, August 1, 1917

From Ancestry.com
During this 1917-18 period, an especially virulent influenza pandemic killed mostly young adults. As this influenza situation affected draft registration, some men under age 21 were dead by the time it came their turn to register in 1918.

In practice, only three draft lotteries were held. Those registrants whose numbers were drawn were then subject to induction unless they could show good cause why they should not be inducted. The three registration days for these lotteries were held:

a) June 5, 1917 for persons born 1886-1896. About 10 million men registered on this date. Those who completed this registration card listed birth date, birth location and other information. Because of specific opposition from Congress, 18-20 year olds were initially exempt.

b) June 5, 1918 for persons born 1896-97. This group of about one million men who had recently become old enough to be drafted during the preceding year registered on this date. Those who completed this registration card listed birth date, birth location and other information. They also listed their father's birth location. About half of these men had only vague information about their father's birth location.

c) September 12, 1918 for persons born 1873-1886 and 1897-1900. Almost 14 million men registered on this date. Those who completed this registration card listed birth date, but not birth location. A detailed listing of the address of next of kin on this card, however, can provide valuable information, especially in cases of recent immigrants.

In addition, a tiny number of men who turned 21 in August, 1918, registered in that month.

Contributed by Linda Haas Davenport
Prior to the US's entry into WW1 (approx. 1917-1918) every male between the
age of 18 and 40 was required to register for the draft. The information
found on the card was provided by the individual himself. The card is signed by the
draftee. On the back of the card his physical description is noted:
Height is broken down by short, medium, tall although some cards give the
actual height in feet and inches; Build by slim, medium, stout although some
cards list actual weight along with the build; color of eyes and hair; any
deformities or injuries are listed (such as one arm missing, blind in one
eye, etc); the name and address of the draft board and the date.

When these original cards (from ALL the States) were transferred to the East Pointe
NARA branch
the LDS spent about 3 years microfilming these cards. There are hundreds and
hundreds of boxes and the LDS opened one box at a time and filmed them - in
state order. However, within each state the cards were filed by draft board,
not by county or by draftee. This makes the searching of the microfilm
difficult to say the least.

The good news is that the Friends of the National Archives took each box
after it was filmed (and checked) and sorted all of these thousands and
thousands of cards into - state and then COUNTY order and then in
alphabetical order by surname and put then in new boxes. The Friends deserve
all the kudos we can give them for this monstrous task.

The following information is provided by the National Archives
and Records Administration, Southeast Region, in response to
recent postings on several list serves concerning World War One
(WWI) Draft Registration cards maintained at our facility.
Unfortunately, the original posting, and subsequent, altered
postings provided incorrect information about these holdings
and related reference procedures. To better serve the public
and the research community, we provide the following information
and guidance concerning the WWI Draft Registration cards:

1. The original cards, in excess of 24 million, were received
at our facility a number of years ago. Upon their receipt, they
were boxed and arranged by NARA employees. The original
arrangement was by state, thereunder by county or draft board,
and thereunder alphabetically by the registrant's last name.
The cause for arrangement by draft board instead of county is
due to the size of certain cities. For example, New York City
had in excess of 180 boards, Chicago had over 80. As a result,
we require a street address when searching for cards in most
large cities.

2. The cards were later microfilmed by representatives of the
Genealogical Society of Utah in the exact order they were
originally arranged; each NARA regional facility has a copy of
the microfilm for the states in the region that it serves. Any
patron wishing to use microfilm will find the cards arranged
exactly as they are in the box. The arrangement of the cards has
never been changed.

3. NARA, Southeast Region, has provided a request form for these
records for a number of years. The forms can be ordered via e-mail
(archives@atlanta.gov), telephone (404-763-7383), or in writing
(NARA, Southeast Region, 1557 St. Joseph Avenue, East Point, GA
30344).

4. At a minimum, the following information is required from the
requestor for NARA staff to conduct a search for draft
registration cards:

o Full name of registrant
o Complete home address at the time of registration
(to include county)
o Name of nearest relative
5. Additional information, if known, which can improve the
thoroughness of a search includes:
o Birth date
o Birthplace
o Occupation of registrant

6. In July, 1997 NARA established an updated fee schedule for
services provided to the public. The minimum mail-order fee for
photocopies for each WWI Draft card was increased from $6.00 to
$10.00, a fee which includes both sides of the card. Patrons
need not request that both sides of the card be copied, and
patrons need not submit a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE)
with their request.

Walk-in customers can make self-service photocopies of the
original records for $0.10 per side. Please contact individual
regions for their policies regarding microfilm copies. These
fees are copying fees only; there is no charge for searches
when a record is not located.

The staff of the NARA, Southeast Region, remains committed to
assisting our patrons in anyway possible, including the timely
and accurate dissemination of information concerning our
holdings and services. The WWI Draft Registration cards
represent only one of many significant collections of
historical records maintained by the Region that are invaluable
for genealogical research. For additional information regarding
our holdings and services, visit our home page at

The Library of CongressAmerican Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 the online collection The Stars and Stripes. The primary mission of The
Stars and Stripes was to provide these scattered troops with a sense
of unity and an understanding of their part in the overall war effort. All searchable.

(Butler Herald, Thursday, Oct 11, 1917
Taylor County sent her first quota colored selectmen to Camp
Gordon last Saturday. Their going caused considerable interest among the
colored citizens of the County as a very large gathering of them were at the
depot to see them off and to' wish them success. The gathering at Reynolds
when the train passed through that town was equally as large and as at Butler
and made about as much noise. Those leaving Saturday were:

Feston Trice, one of the number was put in command of the party and
performed the services expected of him faithfully and well, while none of the
men gave him the least trouble, they too doing well their part. The train on this
road being late they failed to make connection at Macon, where they spent the
Saturday night; accordingly arrangements were made for their lodging and
meals at Macon after conferring by wire with the military officials in Butler.
Contributed by John R. Adams

Spanish American War

The Spanish American War ended on December 10, 1898 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris between the U.S. and Spain (the war, which began in late April, 1898, was fought in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and the Philippines). Patrick McSherry pmcsherry@widdall.com

Vietnam Veterans

Philippine American War

The Philippine American War began on February 4, 1899. The 29th
U.S. Volunteers were formed in March of 1899, and served in the
Philippine American War. The
Philippine American War lasted until 1902, though some fighting
occurred as late as 1906. It was fought only in the
Philippines, and was a much more brutal and bloody conflict
than was the Spanish American War.
"Patrick McSherry"
Contact: Virginia Crilley varcsix@hot.rr.com for look-up.